Jeffrey P. Froula, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Assistant Professor of Moral Theology St. Patrick s Seminary and University 320 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (530) 798-9591 jeffrey.froula@stpsu.edu froulajeffrey@gmail.com Academic and Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, St. Patrick s Seminary and University, Menlo Park, California. Fall 2017-Present Courses Taught or Teaching: Catholic Social Ethics Bioethics Human Sexuality Theology of the Sacraments Adjunct Professor, Ave Maria University Theology Department, Ave Maria, Florida. 2013-2017 Courses taught at Ave Maria University: THEO 105: Sacred Scripture THEO 105(H): Honors Sacred Scripture THEO 205: Sacred Doctrine THEO 205(D): Sacred Doctrine (Online through Blackboard) THEO 415: Thomas Aquinas THEO 553: Catholic Speculative-Contemplative Theology and Eschatology (M.A. Capstone) THEO 599: M.A. Thesis Reader: The Centrality of Hope in the Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Enlightened by a Thomistic Understanding of Hope Research Fellow, Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal. Fall 2016-Present. Teaching Assistant, Senior Theology Seminar, Spring 2013 Ave Maria University Theology Department, Ave Maria, Florida. Tutor and Academic Coach, Spring 2010-Fall 2012 Ave Maria University Academic Center for Excellence, Ave Maria, Florida. 1
High School Teacher, August 2005-June 2010 Immaculate Conception Apostolic School, Colfax, California. Taught various subjects to 7 th -12 th graders, including: Catholic Morality, Apologetics, Church History, Latin 1, Latin 2, Introduction to Physical Science, Geometry, American Literature, British Literature, and Public Speaking. Education: Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida Ph.D. Major in Systematic Theology, Minor in Moral theology. Graduated Magna cum Laude May 2015. Passed comprehensive exams with distinction. Dissertation entitled Ave Crux Spes Unica: Saint Thomas Aquinas s Teaching on Christ as the Source of Hope defended in April of 2015 with distinction. International Theological Institute, Gaming, Austria M.A. in Theology with an Emphasis on Marriage and the Family, Graduated 2004. Class Valedictorian. Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California B.A. in Liberal Arts, Graduated 2002. Thesis entitled The Certainty of Hope recognized with distinction for both the written work and the oral defense. Languages: Reading proficiency in Latin, Greek, and French. Scholarly Interests: The Theological Method and Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas The Passions and Human Flourishing Catholic Social Teaching Bioethics The Sapiential Unity of Theology The Theological Virtues Christ as a Source of Hope Theology of the Body Christology Sacramental Theology The Apostolic Fathers 2
Publications: Lumen Fidei and the Indispensability of God s Love for us as an Object of Faith, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, (4/8/2017). Christ s Unity of Being and the Sapiential Integrity of Aquinas s Christology, Heythrop, (Published online February 2017; forthcoming in print). Aquinas on the Moral Neutrality of the Passion of Despair, New Blackfriars, vol. 97 (May 2016): 308-324. The Passions: Some Key Thomistic Distinctions, Published in Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity, ed. Hittinger, John P. and Daniel C. Wagner, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015: 145-152. The Structure of the Summa: What it Reveals About Christ s Role in the Moral Life, Angelicum vol. 90.2 (2013): 343-370. The Theological Virtue of Hope: A Christocentric Virtue for Aquinas? Book chapter solicited by R.E. Houser, editor of a CUA Press series of seven books on the virtues. It has passed the first stage of the review process for inclusion in the forthcoming book on the virtue of hope. Book Reviews: Aquinas s Ontology of the Material World: Change, Hylomorphism, & Material Objects, by Jeffrey E. Brower. The Heythrop Journal. Forthcoming: accepted (July 2016). Dust Bound for Heaven: Explorations in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas, by Reinhard Hütter. The Heythrop Journal Volume 57, Number 2 (March 2016): 427-428. Academic Conference Papers: Nuns Who Would Be Mary and Martha : Action and Contemplation in Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa and the Mystics: Toward a Renewal of Spiritual Theology, Ave Maria University, Ave Maria Florida, 2/11/2017. St. Thomas s Understanding of the Role of Christ in the Moral Life, 51 st Annual Congress on Medieval Studies, Thomas Aquinas Society Sessions, Kalamazoo, MI, 5/13/2016. 3
Joy as the Goal and Meaning of Life According to the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, Influential Joy: Gaudium et Spes to Evangelii Gaudium, 4 th Annual Symposium on Advancing the New Evangelization, Atchison, KS, 3/27/2015. The Martyrdom of Polycarp: A Martyrdom in Accord with the Gospel, Pappas Patristic Institute, Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Brookline, MA, 3/7/2014. Presenter, respondent, and moderator. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Passions, Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal annual conference, student session, Ave Maria, FL, 2/8/1014. The Passions: Some Key Thomistic Distinctions, Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas annual conference, Virtues and Passions session, Houston, TX, 10/18/2013. Invited Talks: The Purpose, Power, and Pitfalls of Fasting, Invited talk sponsored by Ave Maria University student group Offer It Up, Ave Maria FL, 3/18/2015. Our Lady of the Rosary, Invited talk sponsored by Catholic Life Group, University of Sacramento, Sacramento CA, 10/9/2009. Works in Progress: Aquinas on the Certainty of Hope, Article in progress to be submitted to Josephinum. The Morality of the Passions and Their Role in Human Flourishing, Journal article in progress to be submitted to The Thomist. Aquinas on Hope: A Christological Perspective This is a longer term book length project based on my dissertation. I plan to submit it to CUA press mid to late 2018. Service: Formation Advisor, Saint Patrick s Seminary and University, Fall 2017-Present. Inaugural member of the Library Acquisitions Committee, Saint Patrick s Seminary and University, Fall 2017-Present. 4
Ad Hoc Committee on Cultivating Excellence in Student Papers, Ave Maria University, Fall 2016. Vice President of Gaudentes in Veritate, Ave Maria University Graduate Student Government, 2012-2014. Personal: Married to Katie (Addy) Froula since 6/6/2015. We had our first child, Athanasius Gregory, in October of 2016. Our second child is due in April of 2018. 5